Lin Xiwen nodded. Hou Xiling, who was wearing glasses, turned his head and waved to Jiang Se with a smile, motioning her to come over.
The set was quiet. Jiang Se tiptoed over. Qiu Ruzhi played An Jiuyu, who had a beard and was acting with someone smiling.
Jiang Se has read the entire script. In the scene "The Great Event in Peking", An Jiuyu walks between Japan and the Chinese Revolutionary Party.
He had great power in Peking and was almost a warlord.
In the film, the Japanese invaders intend to occupy Peking and station a large number of soldiers. At the same time, the revolutionary army also intends to enter Peking to resist the invasion of the Japanese invaders.
In order to prevent the Japanese invaders from taking advantage of Peiping's special situation to introduce artillery shells and guns into China after occupying Peiping, both the Japanese invaders and the revolutionary army were trying to cooperate with An Jiuyu.
In the play, Qiu Ruzhi is wearing a gray Zhongshan suit and pince-nez. He is holding a phone in one hand and playing with a pocket watch in the other, looking a little nonchalant.
In "Great Events in Peking", An Jiuyu was also born into a family of officials who were well-read in poetry and literature. He was not an ordinary soldier, bandit or rogue. He had an excellent background. In his early years, he was influenced by orthodox Confucianism and Taoism, and received Western education when he was older. He was well-read in poetry and literature and had a very good temperament.
Judging from the appearance, Qiu Ruzhi played the role of An Jiuyu written by Hou Xiling very well. He is thin but not skinny, and is not the fat-bellied warlord that most people imagine. He is gentle and refined, and his treachery and evil are not overtly expressed in words but rather revealed in his subtle expressions.
He looked quite elegant, with his hair combed up and he was wearing a Zhongshan suit with the collar buttoned tightly, showing his meticulous character.
No one who sees this outfit would say that he is a bad person.
But Jiang Se noticed that when Qiu Ruzhi laughed, he was not ostentatious. When he laughed, he pressed the corners of his mouth down and squinted his eyes, which showed a profound feeling and a bit of cunning.
Such details obviously satisfied Lin Xiwen. Qiu Ruzhi was not a famous star in China, but he had been in the acting industry for many years, had excellent acting skills, and was able to grasp the scene very well. He shot several clips with almost no "NG" and passed them easily.
Jiang Se tried to feel Qiu Ruzhi's acting skills from the camera. After watching for a while, he felt that he had benefited a lot. Some of the little skills were really useful. For example, he held the pocket watch, opened and closed it, and hung up the phone with joy and sighed:
"Hi."
He squinted his eyes and grinned. This time his smile was different from before. He first licked his upper lip with his tongue, wrinkled his nose, and clamped his glasses tighter on his face:
"This is an old item from the palace. It is indeed extraordinary."
Jiang Se noticed that in just a few seconds, his smile changed into several different expressions, expressing An Jiuyu's mood at the moment with rich acting skills, layer by layer.
An Jiuyu held an important position. In order to march into Peking, the Japanese invaders intended to bribe him. In order to make him sign the "Peking Treaty" and allow the Japanese invaders to station troops in Peking, the Japanese invaders found ways to send a lot of rare treasures and women's antiques to him.
At this time, the Japanese army had invaded the country from the north, and Beiping was the country's first line of defense. An Jiuyu's position was important, but at the same time he was in an extremely dangerous situation.
On the surface, this man was arrogant and the An Mansion was luxuriously decorated. He drank the most expensive foreign wine, played with the most beautiful women, used the royal items in the former palace, and ate as much as the former emperors every day, living a luxurious life.
In Peking, he was the undisputed local emperor with tremendous power and everyone was afraid of him.
But such a person is very timid at heart.
He was used to this kind of life and was afraid of war and fighting.
He was afraid of the Japanese invaders' brutality and strength, but he could not see the boiling passion of the domestic revolutionary army.
Faced with the antiques and utensils sent by the Japanese invaders, An Jiuyu gradually forgot the patriotic oath he had made in his early years and began to waver.
Beiping must not fall into the hands of the Japanese invaders. As soon as he showed his intention to sign a contract with the Japanese invaders and agree to let the Japanese invaders station troops in Beiping, the revolutionary army sent spies to assassinate him.
The one who took action this time was Doukou's fiancé Xiao Zi, who had joined the revolution in his early years.
From the perspective of "Great Events in Peking", Xiao Zi may have suffered from minor flaws, but he did not violate major principles. This is consistent with Hou Xiling's consistent character. No one is perfect, even a great man cannot be flawless and make no mistakes.
Xiao Zi took on the mission to assassinate An Jiuyu, which was a life-threatening task. When he was leaving, he put life and death aside and was determined to die for his country. He was also determined to stop An Jiuyu from signing the "Peking Treaty" with the Japanese invaders.
He joined the "Anti-Traitor Corps" and volunteered to become a fuel for the revolutionary fire, willing to die heroically.
Xiao Zi sneaked into Peking under an alias and tried to complete the mission several times despite many difficulties and obstacles, but failed several times because An Jiuyu had many protectors around him.
It was not until during an assassination attempt that he personally led the team and shot An Jiuyu with a gun, thus exposing his true identity.
All the partners who were on the mission were caught. Although Xiao Zi escaped by chance, Doukou still suspected him based on some clues.
He was captured by Doukou, and this was the first time the fiancée who had once missed each other by chance met.
It was fate that played such a trick on them. The two had similar backgrounds, both came from scholarly families, and their families were old friends. They had been engaged since childhood and should have been a match made in heaven. However, after the Dou family fell into trouble, Doukou fell into prostitution, and the engaged couple could not recognize each other when they met.
Xiao Zi could no longer recognize Doukou. He had been away from home for many years and devoted himself to the revolution, serving the country and the people with a sincere and passionate heart.
Doukou has changed a lot. He looks down on cowardly and incompetent people like An Jiuyu, and also looks down on women of the pleasure quarters like Doukou. He despises her infidelity. The infidelity that Xiao Zi believes in is not just the loss of virginity, but a kind of shame that Doukou is in cahoots with An Jiuyu, and it is clearly shown on his face.
Qiu Ruzhi's scene was filmed until around 2pm. Lin Xiwen looked at the time and clapped his hands:
"Time is tight, we have to continue in the afternoon."
The lunch boxes had been prepared long ago, but everyone was busy filming and didn't have time to eat.
As soon as Lin Xiwen told them to take a break, everyone relaxed.
Qiu Ruzhi came forward and greeted Jiang Se. The two of them were working together in the drama, so it was inevitable that they would maintain good interaction. After the lunch boxes were served, Jiang Se sat at the same table with Qiu Ruzhi, Lin Xiwen, Hou Xiling and executive director Zhou Wenhai. When talking about the scenes to be filmed in the afternoon, Hou Xiling said:
"Xiao Jiang, after watching Ruzhi's performance today, how did you feel?"
“There’s still pressure.”
Jiang Se took a sip of water and answered honestly: "Teacher Qiu's acting is very good. If there are any shortcomings in my performance, please be more tolerant." (To be continued)